Kindergarten Reading Lists

Kindergarten January/February Book Recommendations

The Kindergarten students have just begun their Author Study of Eric Carle. They will be learning all about the author they are studying. The kindergarten students will be reading all the books listed below. During this unit students will have many opportunities for book discussions. They also learn to write and illustrate like Eric Carle! Be sure to ask your children to share what they are doing during the Literacy Block. Kindergarten students enjoy reading familiar texts over and over again. You can find these books at any library.

Draw Me a Star
Flora and Tiger: 19 Stories from My Life
Hello, Red Fox
The Secret Birthday Message
Pancakes, Pancakes
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
Little Cloud
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Do You Want to Be My Friend?
The Grouchy Ladybug
Have You Seen My Cat?
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?
From Head to Toe
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Busy Spider
The Very Quiet Cricket
The Very Lonely Firefly
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle

Listed below are some titles your child may be ready to read independently.

DRA level 4-6 (C-D)

Dinosaurs Galore by Audrey & Kennedy Eaton

Family Soccer by Diana Geddes

Fishing by Joe Yukish

Fur by Jan Mark

I Like Books by Anthony Browne

I Love Mud and Mud Loves Me by Vicki Stephens

I’m Hungry by Judy Tuer

Little Rabbit Is Sad by Deborah Williams

More and More Clowns by R. V. Allen

Noisy Breakfast by Ellen Blonder

Rainbow of my Own by Don Fruman

Raindrops by Sandy Gay

Roll Over! by Merle Peek

Scary Monster by Kate Eifrig

Swing, Swing, Swing by G. Tuchman & S. Dieterichs

A Trip to the Aquarium by Carol Kloes

We Need Trees by Karen Hoenecke

What Am I? by Deborah Williams

What’s For Lunch? by Eric Carle

Where Does the Teacher Sleep? by Kathleen Gibson

DRA level 8-10 (E-F)

All by Myself by Mercer Mayer

Big Friend, Little Friend by Eloise Greenfield

Calico Cat’s Rainbow by Donald Charles

Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Free to Fly by Kathleen Gibson

Happy Egg by Robert Kraus

Inside, Outside, Upside Down by Stand & Jan Berenstain

Just a Seed by Wendy Blaxland

Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman

My Doll by Joe Yukish

Sweet Potato Pie by Anne Rockwell

Kindergarten~ November /December Recommendations

Kindergarten has been very busy reading and writing. They have almost completed their first unit of study. At the end of the month they will focus on Narrative Genre. At this time, they are focusing on beginning, middle and end of stories in reading and writing.

Here are lists of books that will help support your children at home:

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
The Three Little Pigs by David Wiesner
Cinderella
The Gingerbread Man
Giggle, Giggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Max & Ruby, and Bunny by Rosemary Wells
Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom Deluise

Your children may be ready to read these books independently: The DRA2 level is 4-6 (C-D)

The Fox on the Box by Barbara Gregorich

Going to Grandpa’s by Marilyn Frankford

I Went Walking by Sue Williams

Is It Time? by J. G. Campbell

Jump Frog by J. Stewart & Lynn Salem

Leaves by Karen Hoenecke

Little Sister by Robin Mitchell

Mrs. Cook’s Hats by Jan Mader

Now We Can Go by Ann Jonas

Octopus Goes to School by Carolyn Bordelon

At the Park by Karen Hoenecke

The Ball Bounced by Nancy Tafuri

Blue Bug and the Bullies by Virginia Poulet

Camping by Karen Hooker

Kindergarten Monthly Book Recommendations- October

The Kindergarten students are having fun learning all about concepts of print….how to hold a book, directionality, left to right tracking, one to one matching, letters vs. words and so much more! The lists below are book titles that your children are experiencing during the Literacy Block. Your child may want to borrow one of these books from the library. These are wonderful books to read aloud or have your child join in and share the reading. Practice retelling the story together!

· Just Like Daddy

· The Very Hungry Caterpillar

· Good Dog, Carl

· My Little Red Toolbox

· Where the Wild Things Are

· Alphabet City

· Tomorrow’s Alphabet

· I am the Music Man

· Hattie and the Fox

· Owl Babies

· Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten

· Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed